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Does the language�of�colours�g galready exist?
Vojko�Poga�ar
Historical oveview
N j i ti i S iNerja cave paintings in�Spain ,�could be the oldest yetfound,��
dated between�43,500�and�42,300�years�old.
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Historical oveview
cave paintings in�Chauvet�Pont�d'Arc are�datedaround 30.000�years�old!
***And they are�already“undersigned”!
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Historical oveview
Palm prints on the alls of Cha etPalm�prints�on�the�walls�of�Chauvet�Pont�d'Arc looks�similar�to��nowadays�fingerprints�of�illiterate�people!?!
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Historical oveview
The best�known�Paleolithic�cave�paintings from Lascauxwere dated between�15.500�and 19.000�years�old.
In�this�cave�can�be�seen�all�the�narrative richness ,�expressed�in�drawings!
A d h iAnd,�at�that�time�meansdrawing equal�to writing!
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Historical oveview
The clay tablet�fragments fromM t i R l Lib fMesopatamian Royal Library ofAshurbanipal,�represents�the�
principles�of�pictorial�story�telling.
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Historical oveview
Ancient�Egyptian�Hieroglyphs�represent theexample of pictorial transition to�abstractsignssigns.
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evolution of pictorial writingresults in�abstract signs!
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Historical oveview
Luckily,�the�Rosetta�stone�(196�BC)�helped�us�in�the�real breakthrough inreal�breakthrough�in�decipherment.�
On�the�stone�is�presented�pa�hieroglyphic�and�a�demotic�version�of�the�same�text�in�parallel�with�a�Greek�translation.�
Napoleon's�troops�find�it�in�1799,�but�the�complete�decipherment��finally�made�Jean�François�Ch lli i hChampollion�in�the�1820's.
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Historical oveview
writing�principle�in�abstract�signs�are�represented�on�writing�principle�in�abstract�signs�are�represented�on�the�Flood�Tablets: Venus�Tablet�of�Ammisaduqa,�the�Gilgamesh�Table�� Royal�Library�of�Ashurbanipal.
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Historical oveview
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Such�screw�presses�were�applied�in�Europe�to�a�wide�range�of�uses,�but mostly for winemakers!�
Historical oveview
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This�woodcut�from�1568�shows�a�Printing�press as�it�was probably Gutenberg's�press.
For�Gutenberg�was�such�model�obviously�proper�inspiration�for�his�printing�press.
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Historical oveview
Similar printing presses like�Gutenberg's�press fromp g p g papproximately 1436
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Historical oveview
Therefore,�the�reproduction�is�crucial�for�any�kind�of�development!y p
…for plants,�animals,�humans,�busines,�whatever…
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Historical oveview
The�linguistic�and�grammar�development�was�enabled�by�Gutenberg’s�invention�to�its�perfection!y g p
It�was�important�for�spreading�books�and�all kinds ofknowledges in�wider�range.
But for linguistics and writing is one dimensional levelBut�for�linguistics�and�writing�is�one�dimensional�level�sufficient.
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Historical oveview
Nowadays,�we�have�computers�with�monitors�which�represent�this�necessary�tool�(like�printing�press)�for�two�dimensional�y ( p g p )
pictorial reproduction!
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Historical oveview
And�the�colours represent�the�skin�of�all�visual�world!
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Historical oveview
But�the�colours does�not�exist at�all!!!!And,�this�we�know�already�from�Newton., y
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Historical oveview
The colours are�only interpretation of light energy in�our cortex(and,�also on�our monitors)!�( , )
Therefore,�for�any�kind�of�managing�with�colours is�necessary�to�initiate�the�grammar!�
It means conditional necessity to introduce the rules which weIt�means�conditional�necessity�to�introduce�the�rules,�which�we�must�learn!
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Background
And, in this sense will be representedAnd,�in�this�sense�will�be�represented�background�of�natural�cycles�in�
relationship�with�colours.
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Background
Daily cycleDaily�cycle
encompasses24�hour�time,�,when�the�Earthrotates�360� alongits axisits�axis.
The�brightest�and�lightest point islightest�point�is�around�noon�and�the�darkest�around�id i hmidnight.
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Background
Daily�cycle
The�simplest�division�results�in�two�extremes�p
Black&White
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Background
Daily�cycle
The�simplest�division�results�in�two�extremes�
Black&White,�
but in�more�sophisticated�division�on�
12�levels�grey�scale.
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Background
Annually�cycle
The Earth revolves around the Sun within aThe�Earth�revolves�around�the�Sun�within�a�year�and, it�creates�on�ecliptic�rail:
� five symmetrically equal horizontal levelsfive�symmetrically equal�horizontal�levels
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Background
Annually�cycle
The Earth revolves around the Sun within aThe�Earth�revolves�around�the�Sun�within�a�year�and, it�creates�on�ecliptic�rail:
� five�symmetrically equal�horizontal�levels�y y q
� and�one�opposed extreme.�
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Background
Annually�cycle
the distributed light power symbolically correlates with the relative values ofthe�distributed�light�power�symbolically�correlates�with�the�relative�values�of7�steps�achromatic�scale,�
what�is�typical�for�each�half�year�period�from�one�observing�point�of�the�yp y p g pglobe and,�at�the�same�time, it�is�just�the�opposite�on�the�other�side!
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Background
Annually�cycle
The simplified division results in minimum two oppositionsThe�simplified�division�results�in�minimum two�oppositions,�what�is�the�basis�for:
� Four Seasonal�Model
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Background
Such�principles�of�areal colour modulation�were�l d d l d i di l fi i ialready�developed�in�medieval�fine�art�paintings,illuminations�and�in�Heraldry,�known�as�local�colouring�principle.
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Background
Heraldic colour system
In�principle,�it�is�already�ancient�Heraldic system based on threeHeraldic�system�based�on�three�pairs,�six�opposing�colors�that�are�visually�different,�except�that�th l b li d iththe�color�symbolized�with�materials�from�nature,�such�as:
Silver for WhiteSilver�for White,
Gold�for Yellow,
Blood for RedBlood�for�Red,
Night for Black,
Sk f Bl
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Sky for Blue, ...
Description
Certain�level�of�achromatic�scale corresponds with�certain�lightness�level�of�the�chromatic�scale,�allowing�the�colours�to�appear�in�a�two�different�unique�feature�g pp q
qualities:�warm and cold.�
In�a�symbolic�sense�it�presents�also�the�basis�for�
Colour�Circles.�
Beside�mentioned�symbolic�and�conceptual�explanation�it�is�physically�defined�as�a�
wavelength�of�light�energy!
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Description
The�simplified�version�has�been�divided�in�a�horizontal�level�to�a�basic�
Yellow�Blue�and�Red�Green relationship�(x�,�y�axis)�and�
in�a�vertical�to�Black�White relationship�(z�axis).�
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Description
More�sophisticated�model�of�integrated�Annually�and�Daily�cycle�has�been�devided through transition from horizontallydevided through�transition�from�horizontally�
7�level�symmetric�achromatic�scaleto�to
12�part�chromatic�color�circle!
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Description
This�two�different�geometry�kind�of�two� and�three�basic�pairs of�opposed�colours�are�the�background�for�two�different�type�of�pp g yp
colour�circles…
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Description
…�defined by the angle among the colours
4 Colours Circle = 90o 6 Colours Circle 60o� �4�Colours Circle =�90o 6�Colours Circle =�60o� �
360o
270o 270o
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two�main�geometrical�series�of�Major�and�Minor�angle lines�result�with�different�colour�opponents�and�out�of�it�with�different�results�in�harmonious�combinations!
RRAngles
Angles
MAJOR
MAJOR
RRAngles
Angles
MINOR
MINOR
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Synthesis
An�example of
Periodic colour modelPeriodic colour model
PCM
composed of mini Mayor palette andcomposed of mini� Mayor palette andpresented with�dominant�cross�sections
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Synthesis
Periodic Colour Model –PCM
S t f d i tSystem of dominantsby the colour palettes
with different numbers of colours:with different numbers of colours:
4 6 8 12 16
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Synthesis
Periodic Colour Model –PCM
PCM base on 4 Colours palette
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Synthesis
Periodic Colour Model –PCM
PCM base on 6 Colours palette
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Synthesis
Periodic Colour Model –PCM
PCM base on 8 Colours palette
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Synthesis
Periodic Colour Model –PCM
PCM base on 12 Colours palette
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Synthesis
Periodic Colour Model –PCM
PCM base on 16 Colours palette
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Synthesis
PCM – model�would�be�more�adequately�interpreted�in�a�Torus�like�geometric�body,�but�because�of�increased�complexity�it�would�be�also�harder�to�use it�in explanation!
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Conclusions
Sineidic scheme�emphasizes�the�dynamic�aspect�of�annual� and�daily�cycle�and,�enables�Periodic Colour Model�(PCM)�to�become�a�tool�for�natural�differentiation�among�
dominant colours in certain cross section!dominant�colours in�certain�cross�section!
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Conclusions
It�is�almost�impossible�to�confuse�or�barter�two�opposite�dominant�colourcross�sections�of�the�daily� or�annual�cycle!
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Conclusions
All�this�systematic�is�summarized�in�the�scheme�ofFour�Seasonal�Colour�Model�(4S�CM)
(based on Mayor�angled palette)(based on�Mayor angled palette)
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Conclusions
A�scheme ofTwelve�Period�Colour�Model�(12P�CM)
(based on Minor�angled palette).(based on�Minor angled palette).�
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A�drawings�Vitruvian man�is�one�of�the�most�famous�drawings.�With�it�have�Leonardo�da Vinci defined the most meaningful canon of the Renaissance:da Vinci�defined�the�most�meaningful�canon�of��the�Renaissance:
the�Man�was�placed�in�the�centre�of�the�World!
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Old�astrological�charts�told�us�that�the�ancient�inhabitants�have�had�great�interest�as�closely�as possible to arrange their calendars to help them survive With astrological chart theyas�possible�to�arrange�their�calendars�to�help�them�survive.�With astrological chart they
wanted to�summarize the observation of celestial bodies.
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Understanding the movement of the sun,�moon and stars are�downloaded in�figureszodiacal signs.�These are�groups of stars which are�observed by cyclic.�And maybe in�the
f ill i h diff i i d d di fnear future we will come up�with different interpretations and understanding of cavedrawings.
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Conclusions
Twelve�Period�Colour�Model represent the�canon in relationship among�natural cycle's�features�and�colours,�included�in�grammatical�structure�with�
meaningful background!meaningful�background!
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Phenomenological�view�over�light�and�colour
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